“For some reason, it’s still shocking to people when women want to tell their stories and when women are unashamed of telling their stories:” Mira Gonzalez on Alt-Lit, “Sad Girl Twitter,” and the internet as an art form. | The Creative Independent

“The genre of crime allows you to say almost anything and explore emotions that—particularly as a woman—are not acceptable to explore.” A report from London’s first crime writing festival, organized by all-female writing collective Killer Women. | Broadly

A heritage architecture and monument has to be alive: A preview of the soon-to-reopen al-Qarawiyyin Library, the world’s oldest continuously operating library. | Hyperallergic